The Ugly Duchess · 1923
Fourteenth-century Tyrol. Margarete Maultasch, an intelligent and strong-willed ruler taken for ugly, fights to hold power in a world that prizes her lands rather than herself.
Jew Süss · 1925
Eighteenth-century Württemberg. Josef Süss Oppenheimer, court financier to the duke, rises to wealth and power while remaining an outsider at court.
Success · 1930
Bavaria after the First World War. A museum curator is jailed on a rigged charge, and a woman spends years seeking his release as the far right gathers strength.
